The sympathetic nervous system is an important regulator of the functional activities of organs such as the heart and peripheral vasculature, and also plays a vital role in modulating responses to stress. The ultimate effects of sympathetic stimulation are mediated by release of noradrenaline (norepinephrine) from nerve terminals which serves to activate the adrenergic receptors at post-synapti...

We tested the hypothesis that the human 1-adrenergic receptor displays constitutive activity and that -adrenergic antagonists differ in their ability to modulate this constitutive activity. Transfection of the cDNAs of the human 1and 2-adrenergic receptors into COS-7 cells caused increases in basal cAMP that were proportional to the receptor levels, thus demonstrating constitutive activity for ...

BNST: bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; CRF: corticotropin releasing factor; VTA: ventral tegmental area Recommended journal section: Neuropharmacology This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. ABSTRACT Stress can trigger relapse of drug use in recovering cocaine addicts and reinstatement in rodent models through mechanisms that appea...

Purified sarcolemmal and light vesicle (intracellular) fractions of beta-adrenergic receptors were used to examine the effects of propranolol on receptor translocation in guinea pig heart. Guinea pigs were given propranolol (0.15 mg/kg/hr) via minipumps for 7 days and either killed or made ischemic for 1 hour via a coronary ligature. Propranolol treatment led to an externalization of beta-recep...

Adenylate cyclase activation through adrenergic receptors in rat ascites hepatoma (AH) 130 cells in response to adrenergic drugs was studied, and receptor binding and displacement were compared with those of normal rat hepatocytes. Epinephrine (Epi) and norepinephrine (NE) activated AH130 adenylate cyclase about half as much as isoproterenol (IPN) but equaled IPN after treatment with the alpha-...

Acute serum insulin responses in 10 normal subjects after rapid intravenous injection of glucose (5 g) or isoproterenol (2 mug) were of similar magnitude and timing (glucose: 431+/-349%; mean Delta3-5' insulin (IRI)+/-SD, per cent basal and isoproterenol: 359+/-216%; mean Delta2-4' IRI+/-SD, per cent basal). To elucidate the relationship of glucose-induced insulin secretion to pancreatic beta a...

Preincubation of turkey erythrocytes with catecholamines desensitizes the beta-adrenergic receptor-adenylate cyclase complex in the plasma membranes of these cells. Photoaffinity labeling of the beta-adrenergic receptors with 125I-labeled p-azidobenzylcarazolol (125I-pABC) and subsequent analysis by NaDodSO4/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis demonstrates an altered mobility of receptor peptide...

Adrenergic receptors modulate motoneuron excitability, sensory synaptic 1 transmission and muscle spasms after chronic spinal cord injury. 2 Rank MM, Murray KC, Stephens MJ, D’Amico J, Gorassini MA, and Bennett DJ 3 Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 4 5 6 Running Title: Adrenergic receptors modulate spasms. 7

Purified sarcolemmal and light vesicle (intracellular) fractions of/3-adrenergic receptors were used to examine the effects of propranolol on receptor translocation in guinea pig heart. Guinea pigs were given propranolol (0.15 mg/kg/hr) via minipumps for 7 days and either killed or made ischemic for 1 hour via a coronary ligature. Propranolol treatment led to an externalization of ̂ -receptors f...

In severe hypoxia or ischemia, normal eupneic breathing fails and is replaced by gasping. Gasping serves as part of a process of autoresuscitation by which eupnea is reestablished. Medullary neurons, having a burster, pacemaker discharge, underlie gasping. Conductance through persistent sodium channels is essential for the burster discharge. This conductance is modulated by norepinephrine, acti...